What a sweet little hosta! I like the round cupping and color of the leaves. Maybe when it is more mature it will look like the online photos?

Deb

I'm no expert, but it doesn't look like the same hosta to me, either. It's round and Gold drop isn't. It's shape, texture and cupping is like Blue Mouse Ears, so it could be one of the mice.

bkay

Not sure about this, but go to the Hosta Library and look up Golden Sceptre. It is one of the Golden Tiara sports. I'm not sure if it has as much substance as your question plant has, but take a look anyway.

Pretty little plant you have there. Small ones are so nice to grow.

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll take a look at all of the mouse progeny and at Golden Sceptre.

Here is a pic of my Golden Scepter when young. Hope this helps.

Here is an updated pic of Gold Drop from a few days ago. The cupping from last year hasn't re-appeared.

I think it is Gold Drop.

The family does start out looking like they are going to be tiny... and some of mine have stayed pretty small... but Gold Drop tends to stay small due, I assume, to not much chlorophyll. Amy Elizabeth, with a little more green, grows faster/bigger. Abby will actually become a medium sized clump.

On the other hand, the all green Gum Drop stays small for me, so... go figure... as does Dew Drop...

Doesn't look like golden Scepter...here's mine, mature. Your leaves look thicker ...then again, it COULD be a juvenile plant...see what the experts say.

Josephine, that is a BALL of gold! Perfectly round and absolutely gorgeous!

Hope it is a Gold Drop. I have 3 of them, and they are nicely yellow

Thanks everyone. I think it was just an immature Gold Drop that possibly had unusual growing conditions.

I am finding it to be a pretty fast grower. When it came up in the spring I had a few moments where I questioned whether maybe I moved something else into the spot...it looked so different.

Have you found that your Gold Drop self seeds? I have a little gold seedling close to the plant...those soft young leaves are a magnet for insects so I will likely not see it mature.

I've had no nibbling on the leaves of my Gold Drops. Of course, they are on top of a table in pots, an arrangement which might protect them from crawling insects.

While the substance of the leaves is not the greatest, mine have better texture than some smaller hosta. I like it because there are no burned leaf edges. I really hope it does self seed, I could use a lot of the tiny yellow smiley faces peeking out between the pots.